Hi Y'all. Can't really blame those eastern boys (especially the guides) for the "horse-puckey" comments.... Surely, most of us have experienced crappie-envy ourselves before at one time or another... :-)

Although the original "4 pound crappie are common" comment was stretching the truth beyond its limitations, it still doesn't change the fact about that gal that caught that 4+ pounder up in Rodman slough some six years ago... That was the one that was tied up to a dock for three days before someone realized that it was a black crappie and not a white and would've been a new state record if it was properly weighed and recorded right away... I heard that it ended up in a fish tank at the state park visitor center before it finally died. It was gone by the time that I made it up there in April.

If I'm not mistaken, I thought that Catfish Ed said that he laid eyes on it himself before it croaked. Ask him.

Ain't nothin' like a fertile lake with southern-strain fish and lots o' feed to produce some real wall-hangers (and some dis-believers). :-)